racial discrimination

The Texas affirmative action dispute is the first of two Supreme Court cases to be decided this week that deal with the limits of government action to counteract the legacy of state-sponsored racial discrimination. The high court could decide as early as Tuesday an Alabama case challenging key provisions of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. Both cases deal with a sticky political and legal question: A half-century after Congress ended American Apartheid, can the federal government treat Southern states and white students differently than others in the name of remedying past wrongs?
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By MIKE TOLSON In the fall of 2008, the University of Texas enrolled 10,335 minority students, not including Asian-Americans. As far as Abigail Fisher was concerned, that was one too many. Fisher had made good grades in high school – a 3.59 average on a 4.0 scale – posted a score of 1180 on the […]
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“In labeling the Texas voter ID law as a ‘poll tax,’ Eric Holder purposefully used language designed to inflame passions and incite racial tension. It was not only inappropriate, but simply incorrect on its face,” Rick Perry charged.
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